BIRTH CONTROL (yaz)
#334305 - 08/09/08 06:05 PM
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Does anyone use Yaz?
Does it, or a different birth control, affect your IBS?
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food allergies: soy, dairy, peas, lentils...& more
IBS-A
nausea, dizziness, fatigue
when will it end?
http://artimmersion.etsy.com
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I used birth control for a little over 20 years. I only used yaz for about 6 months, before that I used NuvaRing and I can't remember what pill I used before that.
I always have gotten bad diarrhea when I have my period until I went off birth control. I do not know if the two are related or if it's just coincidence that I don't have trouble with that anymore.
As I've gotten older, I noticed that the birth control seemed to lower my sex drive (it's back to normal now) and it caused brown splotches on my skin, which is why I tried yaz since it has a very low dose of estrogen. I'm glad to be off of it, but still don't know if it affected my IBS!
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Thanks for your response.
It is really difficult with all kinds of outside factors to determine which of them are affecting IBS!
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food allergies: soy, dairy, peas, lentils...& more
IBS-A
nausea, dizziness, fatigue
when will it end?
http://artimmersion.etsy.com
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I was on yaz I cant really say if it affected my IBS. I dont really remember having any problems like that with it though. I was really irregular on it so I switched to Seasonale and when my IBS got really bad I got off of it and there were no changes. sooo idk
Did you like the Nuva Ring?
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IBS-C Gas and constant Bloating
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I use Yasmin. My IBS-C turns into either fairly normal BMs or IBS-D during my periods. For me, I think it's due to hormone changes (either natural or from birth control pills) as I had the same problem before I was on birth control. I have read many articles that says that many women experience BM changes around or during their periods as well. Try googling it.
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Personally I think I'm going to stick with my pill (marvalon) as it really evens out the cramps and bloating I had before and at the start of each period. It also makes my period predictable so It's one less thing to worry about.
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